PICO-8 [1] is a good way to introduce programming to kids in the way people learned in the early 80's. The retro and simplistic interface is a pleasure to work

PICO-8 [1] is a good way to introduce programming to kids in the way people learned in the early 80's. The retro and simplistic interface is a pleasure to work with, and Lua as a programming language is a nice bonus. My 7 yr-old and I just finished our interpretation of Pong. He needed help of course, but got the basic concepts of X-Y axis, variables, calculating ball movement, etc [1] https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php